“One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.”

- Kurt Vonnegut, “Cold Turkey,” In These Times, May 10, 2004.

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.”

- Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night.

“How nice–to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.”

- Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five.

“The telling of jokes is an art of its own, and it always rises from some emotional threat. The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.”

- Kurt Vonnegut, Interview, Mcsweeneys.net.